Keith Kellogg

Keith Kellogg was a general of the US Army and commander of the US 82nd Airborne Division. Kellogg served as a foreign policy adviser to US Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump in 2015-2016, and he led his defense team during his transition to the presidency.

Biography
Keith Kellogg was born in Dayton, Ohio, and he joined the ROTC at Santa Clara University in California. Kellogg served in the US 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War and served as a special forces adviser to the Cambodian army, rising through the ranks during peacetime. In 1996, he took command of the US 82nd Airborne Division, and he became the chief operating authority of the Coalition Provision Authority in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad in 2003 during the Iraq War while holding the rank of Lieutenant-General. After retiring from the US Army, he served as a homeland security adviser to the Oracle Corporation computer technology company, and he also served on US Republican Party politician Donald Trump's transition team in 2016, leading the defense action team.